DEFTONES’ Chino Moreno Reveals His Favorite Song Of All Time

Deftones vocalist/guitarist Chino Moreno has revealed his favorite song of all time — and it’s a timeless classic from the late, genre-defying icon Prince.

During an appearance on ‘Totally Committed (The AWOLNATION Podcast)’, hosted by Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION (and The Barbarians Of California), Moreno was asked which song stands above all others for him. Without hesitation, he named “The Beautiful Ones” from Prince’s 1984 film ‘Purple Rain’ and its legendary 13x multi-platinum soundtrack.

Moreno explained his choice, saying:

“My favorite song of all-time would have to be ‘The Beautiful Ones’ [by] Prince. [It’s] an emotional rollercoaster. Great vocals, music’s f*cking beautiful. The first time hearing it was probably when I watched the movie [‘Purple Rain’] as a kid. So you really get the visual, like, what’s going on in the movie. It’s a real kind of transition in the movie when Apollonia first really realizes that she’s down for Prince, right? As opposed to Morris. But he gets her with that song, like by the end, she’s just tears coming down.

Musically, there’s so many little things that happen. I mean, there’s one — I think it’s maybe two thirds of the way through the song — and there’s this keyboard, real sort of, like diminished, kind of keyboard that comes in in the song, and it just… it’s an emotional tune, man.”

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